Greetings!  I'm Meredith Florkey, a Nature-Based Educator and homesteader from Dayton, Ohio.  I've been fortunate enough to lead a fantastic team to open a nature-based preschool in the Dayton area in 2016.  The community that has emerged from that school and others like it from around southwest Ohio have driven a larger movement in our region and also in Ohio. It is an exciting time to work in the intersection of early childhood education, environmental work, and agriculture.

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Ohio Naturally's mission is to  create spaces of belonging for educators, children and families in alignment with our natural world where learning and growth are supported and celebrated.

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Our team will change the way that early childhood education and care function in the Miami Valley, by co-creating quality nature-based child care centers and programs while serving as a hub for Ohio educators to connect, reflect, learn and play.  

Values

Belonging

Growth

Our Natural World

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